Ivan Iusco

Ivan Iusco (born September 4, 1970) is an Italian American award-winning composer and record producer based in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Background

As a youth in the 1970s, Ivan was inspired by Ennio Morricone's film scores, Japanese animation and science fiction film soundtracks. By age 7, Ivan began taking piano lessons. At 15 he bought his first synthesizer and started building a home studio.

Career

Music In 1987, he founded the pioneering Italian music label Minus Habens Records

In 1987, Iusco also founded the dark ambient and industrial music group, , whose music was primarily released through Minus Habens.

Film soundtracks and scoring He debuted in the film industry in 1999, having composed the music for the Apulian cult movie LaCapaGira directed by Alessandro Piva, and went on to win Best Soundtrack at the 2000 Valencia Film Festival (Spain). In 2003 he composed the music for Mio Cognato, a movie by the same director, for which he received the 2004 Nastro d'Argento nomination for Best Soundtrack.

Iusco has partnered often with the well-known Italian director, Sergio Rubini, composing the main theme for the movie L'Anima Gemella (2002), the soundtrack of L'Amore Ritorna (2004), and an additional score for At a Glance (2008) which complemented the music of Pino Donaggio.

His scoring career also includes Ho Voglia Di Te (2007) by the Spanish director Luis Prieto; Fesibum / Maledetto Tag episode (2009) by Dino Giarrusso; 6 Sull'Autobus (2012) a project by Sergio Rubini produced by the Accademia Nazionale D'Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico (selected at the 69th Venice Film Festival); and Da Che Parte Stai (2016) by Francesco Lopez.

The track "Mobili In Mobilis", taken from his album Transients (2015), was nominated for the Best Instrumental Song by the American Songwriting Awards 2016.

In 2015 he created two multimedia artworks titled Mirror Drones and Between with the Canadian artist Cassandra Cronenberg, daughter of the director David Cronenberg.

In 2018 he scored the pilot of Rex Starlight, a TV series written by the American scriptwriter Daniel Greenspan. It was presented on March 11, 2018, at Soho House West Hollywood.

His latest projects include: the original score for the psychological thriller "State of Consciousness" starring Emile Hirsch ("Into The Wild") by the American director Marcus Stokes ("American Horror Story", "Criminal Minds", "The Flash", "Arrow"), the original score for the short film "A Woman Makes A Plan" by Alexo Wandael starring Maye Musk, two original songs for "Cyberpunk 2077", the worldwide acclaimed Sci-Fi dystopian video game starring Keanu Reeves and the score for the documentary "376 Days, Nick Cave: Keep it Movin" by Claude-Aline Miller, recently screened at The Guggenheim Museums and at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.

Movie soundtracks Year Title Director Notes 1999 Lacapagira Alessandro Piva 2001 Giorni Laura Muscardin 2002 Soul Mate Sergio Rubini main theme 2003 Mio cognato Alessandro Piva 2004 L'amore ritorna Sergio Rubini 2006 Checosamanca Alice Rohrwacher 2007 Ho voglia di te (film) Luis Prieto (director) 2008 Colpo d'occhio Sergio Rubini additional music 2009 Feisbum! Dino Giarrusso 2012 6 Sull'Autobus VV.AA 2017 Da Che Parte Stai Francesco Lopez 2021 Nicola: Cozze, Kebab & Coca Cola Antonio Palumbo 2021 Tomato Soup in Skid Row, Alexo Wandael 2022 State Of Consciousness Marcus Stokes

Videoart, short film and documentary soundtracks Year Title Director 2002 The Spy Inside Me Materia 2004 Legamento Materia 2005 Impossible Love Luca Curci 2006 Impossible Garden Luca Curci & Fabiana Roscioli 2006 Perotti Point Alessandro Piva 2006 Zeleny Muz Jack Wareing 2010 The Synth Ivan Iusco 2011 The Empire Of R-Evolution Luca Curci 2013 Gioco Nel Vento Francesco Lopez 2013 Movimento 2 Andreia Vigo (performed by AjAx) 2016 Clown and Girl Jack Wareing 2017 Emoticon Antonio Palumbo 2018 Transatlantico Rex Nave 296 Maurizio Sciarra 2021 A Woman Makes A Plan with Maye Musk Alexo Wandael 2022 376 Days, Nick Cave: 'Keep it Movin' Claude-Aline Miller

Discography Solo Year Title Music Label 2000 Lacapagira - Original Soundtrack Virgin Records 2003 Mio Cognato - Original Soundtrack Minus Habens Records/Emi Records 2004 L'amore ritorna - Original Soundtrack Warner Chappell Music 2007 Ho voglia di te (film) - Original Soundtrack EMI Records 2012 Water - Album Minus Habens Records 2015 Transients - Album Minus Habens Records 2020 Synthagma - Album Minus Habens Records

With Nightmare Lodge Year Title Music Label 1987 Big Mother In The Strain - cass Minus Habens Records 1991 Asylum - cass Minus Habens Records 1994 Negative Planet - album Minus Habens Records 1995 Luminescence - album Minus Habens Records 1997 Nosferatu! - 7" Ant-Zen 1997 The Enemy Within - album Minus Habens Records 1999 Syrena (with Paolo Bigazzi) - soundtrack Minus Habens Records 1999 Blind Miniatures - album Red Stream 2003 Nexus - 7" SmallVoices

With Dive Year Title Music Label 1993 Concrete Jungle - album Minus Habens Records 1997 Snakedressed - album Daft/COP International 1999 True Lies - album Daft/COP International 2017 Underneath - album Out Of Line

As "It" Year Title Music Label 1992 Virtual Energy - 12" Disturbance 1996 Era Vulgaris - album Disturbance 1997 Era Vulgaris (Ncoded) - album Disturbance 1998 Concubia Nocte (Drop 7.1) - album Materiali Sonori 2003 Displaced - 12" SmallVoices

Official remixes Year Title Music Label 2013 Peter Von Poehl - Aurora (Ivan Iusco remix) - taken from Vanishing Waves OST Ici, d'ailleurs... 2014 Paul Leonard-Morgan - Search for the Cave (Ivan Iusco remix) - taken from Legendary OST Just Temptation 2016 Stephen Hilton - Kill Command (Ivan Iusco remix) - taken from Kill Command OST Great Temptation

Awards and nominations Outstanding Achievement Award (Original Somg) - "The Other Side" taken from the album "Synthagma" - IndieX Fest (Los Angeles), US 2021 Best Music Video Nomination - "Falling (Andante)" taken from the album "Transients" - Los Angeles CineFest, US 2017 Best Instrumental Track Nomination "ASA 2016" - "Mobilis In Mobili" taken from the album "Transients" - American Songwriting Awards, US 2016 Best Composer Award "Ombre Sonore Del Mediterraneo" - Teca del Mediterraneo/Consiglio Regionale della Puglia, Italy 2009 Best Original Soundtrack Nomination "Diamanti Al Cinema" - soundtrack of the movie "Ho Voglia Di Te" - Venice Film Festival, Italy 2007 Best Composer Special Award - Ragusa Film Festival, Italy 2004 Best Original Soundtrack Nomination "Nastro d'Argento" (Silver Ribbon) - soundtrack of the movie "Mio Cognato" - Nastri d'Argento, Italy 2004 Best Original Soundtrack Award - soundtrack of the movie "LaCapaGira" - Valencia Film Festival, Spain 2000